Housing data

Median house prices data is from Registers of Scotland.

Private rent data is from the Office for National Statistics’ Price Index of Private Rents (PIPR). Scotland rents data are mainly for advertised new lets. In-tenancy rental price increases in Scotland have been capped since late 2022. Advertised lets are not subject to the recent price cap, so the cap will be less reflected in these statistics. This is likely to lead to over-estimation in stock prices and indices for Scotland since late 2022.

Housing affordability uses the house price data above alongside weekly median gross employee earnings data from the Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings.

Household population by council tax band data is from National Records of Scotland.

Tenure data is from the Scottish Census 2011.

Domestic Energy Performance Certificates (EPC) data is from the Scottish Government. Note that the EPC register currently only covers 58% of dwellings.

Further data: overcrowding (Census); house builidng

Earnings data

The charts show median gross earnings of employees (without adjusting for inflation). Data is collected by the Office for National Statistics each April via the Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings. The statistics cover employees only and exclude self-employed earnings.

Data is available on a council-area level, but not on Scottish Parliament constituency or region level. This page includes council areas that are within or overlap with the selected Scottish Parliament region.

Gaps in the data reflect missing values, usually due to small sample sizes.

Labour market data

• Employment rate - The proportion of 16-65 year-olds who are employed or self-employed
• Unemployment rate - The proportion of 16+ year-olds who are currently unemployed, i.e. they are looking for work
• Inactivity rate - The proportion of 16-65 year-olds who are currently not employed or self-employed and are not actively looking for work.

Employment and Inactivity data is updated quarterly by the Office for National Statistics via the Labour Force Survey. The shaded areas and error bars show measurement uncertainty (the 95% confidence interval) where available. Missing data is shown as gaps. Due to small numbers, constituency-level unemployment rates are not available using this data source.

Unemployment (claimant count) estimates are updated monthly by the Office for National Statistics via the nomis data portal. This experimental series counts the number of people claiming Jobseeker’s Allowance plus those who claim Universal Credit and are required to seek work and be available for work.

Poverty data

The charts show child poverty estimates from the Children in Low Income Families statistics. Data is collected annually by the Department for Work and Pensions using administrative data and calibrating it to official poverty statistics.

Local data is available down to a Data Zone level. Here, estimates were aggregated to Scottish Parliament constituency-level.

SIMD data

SIMD is the Scottish Government’s Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation, a measure which identifies local areas where multiple deprivation is concentrated. The latest SIMD was published in 2020. The next SIMD update is expected in 2026.

The charts show the area deprivation profile of each constituency. Constituencies are made up of small areas with populations of 500-1,000 household residents called “Data Zones”, which are all ranked across Scotland from most (rank 1) to least deprived (rank 6,976).

SIMD is based on a range of indicators in seven domains: Income, Employment, Health, Education, Housing, Crime, and Access to Services (= rurality).

• SIMD overall
• Income domain
• Employment domain
• Health domain
• Education domain
• Housing domain
• Crime domain
• Access domain

The local share is the share of areas (Data Zones) within the constituency that are among the most deprived 20% areas in Scotland.

A local share of 0% means none of the Data Zones in this constituency are among the most deprived 20% across Scotland. A local share of 0-20% (in green) means that deprivation is less concentrated in this constituency compared to Scotland overall. A local share of more than 20% (in purple) means that deprivation is more concentrated in this constituency compared to Scotland overall. A local share of 100% means all Data Zones in this constituency are among the most deprived 20% in Scotland.